8 jesus said to him get up pick up your mat and walk 9 immediately the man got well.
Get up pick your mat and walk.
He picked up his mat and walked.
John 5 1 9 ceb i confess that i struggle with this passage primarily because i don t like the man very much.
A call for action true.
Meditation hello sisters let me welcome you warmly to this 11th european conference under the theme a story to tell a call to act.
Pick up your mat and walk at once the man was cured.
I discoverd that the door has been open for a long time i didnt know because it was closed for as long as i remember.
The day on which this took place was a sabbath 10 and so the jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed it is the sabbath.
The pool of bethesda 7 sir the invalid replied i have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred.
Now that day was the sabbath.
This official wanted healing for his son and was persistent in asking jesus for it.
8 then jesus said to him get up.
Jesus said to him get up.
He picked up his mat and started walking.
Then jesus said to him get up.
8 then jesus said to him get up.
Pick up your mat and walk 9 at once the man was cured.
The day on which this took place was a sabbath 10 and so the jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed it is the sabbath.
The law forbids you to carry your mat.
Pick up your mat and walk immediately the man was well and he picked up his mat and walked.
See verse text in john 4 46 54 jesus meets a man seeking a miracle.
9 immediately the man was made well and he picked up his mat and began to walk.
Pick up your mat and walk 9 at once the man was cured.
The reason i appreciate this specific story so much is that it unabashedly proclaims an embodied christianity.
The day this happened was a sabbath 10 neh 13 19.
Now this happened on the sabbath day.
Get up jesus told him pick up your mat and walk what does john 5 8 mean.
I was shocked i realised that this time is talking to me because i was the one reading.
Allow me to start by telling my personal story.
When jesus asked him do you want to get well the man responded there is no one to help me get in the water.
Which is easier to say to the paralytic your sins are forgiven or to say rise pick up your mat and walk the man then rises up and walks away healed and changed forever.
Then jesus said to him get up.
Jesus said to him get up pick up your mat and walk.
While i am on my way someone else goes in before me 8 then jesus told him get up pick up your mat and walk.
One day i came across the scripture.
The law forbids you to carry your mat.
He picked up his mat and walked john 5 1 9.
Jesus granted the request but made the man prove out his own faith by leaving.
Pick up your mat and walk at once the man was cured.